I really don’t get what this journalist is trying to say. What is described here has little to do with epic and gamepass. The music momentarily stopped. There is no free cash anymore, not even from the gender crowd. That is the reason there are so many layoffs. You can be happy if you are not working in gaming atm.

They way this piece is written makes you think the journalist believes epic and MS will give you x amount of their own money if you sign a deal. That is total nonsense, they obviously want to push their platform but they run into the same problem every publisher runs into. They are no longer able to refinance this projects consistently.

For the people who think Paleworld devs and other would be sad about being on gamepass. That is mostly false. Most devs are happy to get this deals because it takes a huge burden of them. Getting the money to even start or finish their project. Making a game is risky and difficult. Even a really good product does not guarantee good sales numbers or any attention from the masses. Gamepass gives you some form of stability which ,especially for small studios, is really important and very difficult to archive.